Data Communications Training Courses
Practical Industrial Networking for Engineers and Technicians (IN)
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This workshop is a hands-on basic introduction to the world of industrial networking. The focus is on the physical layer and installing and commissioning simple industrial networking systems. You will gain a comprehensive working knowledge of industrial networking in the automation, control and office environment.
Ethernet is fast becoming the obvious choice for industrial control networking worldwide and the course will focus on this. While the basic structure of Ethernet has not changed much, the faster technologies such as Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet have increased the complexity and choices you have available in planning and designing these systems. As Ethernet has become more complex, a number of misconceptions have arisen as to how Ethernet functions and how the system should be optimally configured. This workshop addresses these issues in a clear and practical manner, thus enabling you to apply the technology quickly and effectively in your next project.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Design engineers
- Electrical and instrumentation technicians
- Electrical engineers
- Instrumentation and control system engineers
- Maintenance engineers and supervisors
- Process control engineers
- Project engineers
- Systems engineers
CONTENT SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING
- Background
- Network communications
- LANs/MANs/WANs
- The open systems interconnection model
- Interoperability
- Network topologies
- Transmission media and access techniques
- Protocols
FUNDAMENTALS OF INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING
- Main LAN types
- RS-485
- Modbus
- Master-slave
- Ethernet
- Token passing
OPERATION OF ETHERNET SYSTEM
- Ethernet standards
- Logical link control frames
- Transmission media and access techniques
- Media access control protocol
- Full duplex Ethernet
- Auto negotiation
DIFFERENT CABLE TYPES FOR INDUSTRIAL ETHERNET
- Twisted pair Ethernet
- Fibre optic media
- Fast Ethernet twisted pair
- Fast Ethernet fibre optic cabling
- Gigabit Ethernet twisted pair
- Gigabit Ethernet fibre optic systems
LAN INTERCONNECTION COMPONENTS
- Repeaters
- Switches
- Bridges
- Routers
- Gateways
- Multisegment configuration using repeaters
- Redundancy and reliability
PROTOCOLS THAT WORK WITH ETHERNET
- TCP/IP
- Modbus and Ether/IP
- IPX/SPX and NetBEUI
- IP addressing
- Routing on the networks
- Error and control messages
- User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
- Utilities with TCP/IP
CONSTRUCTION OF THE ETHERNET SYSTEM CABLING AND HARDWARE
- Structured cabling
- Twisted pair cables and connector
- Fibre optic cables and connectors
- Ethernet repeater hubs
- Ethernet switching hubs
- Industrial versus commercial networks
NETWORK DESIGN CONCEPTS
- System design
- Design simplicity
- Design documentation
PERFORMANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING TYPES OF PROBLEMS
- Hardware
- Protocols
- Software
TOOLS
- Basic utilities
- Protocol analyser
- Ethernet performance
- Troubleshooting of Ethernet
WIRELESS AND INDUSTRIAL NETWORKS
- Fundamentals
- Quick overview
During the workshop there are at least TEN PRACTICAL SESSIONS, these include:
- Configuration of an Ethernet network
- Configuration of a simple network protocol
- Demonstration of typical failure points
- Diagnosis of network hardware problems
- Configuration of a network with a switch
- Addition of TCP/IP protocol
- Use of basic utilities for troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting with simple protocol analyser
- Identification of problems with utilities and protocol analyser
- Benchmarking performance of Ethernet